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John Young
John Young represents the second generation that has no-tilled the family’s Herndon, Ky. farm for 60 years. The birthplace of no-till on a commercial farming scale, the family no-tills corn, wheat and both full-season and double-cropped soybeans in a large acreage operation.
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Your No-Till History
No-Till Is the Best Chance We Have to Feed the Next Generations
John Young, son of first commercial U.S. no-tiller Harry Young, evaluates no-till’s past, present & future.
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What I've Learned from No-Tilling
Stewarding The Birthplace Of No-Till
Sharing and learning are still cornerstones for the Young family, who planted the first commercial no-till field in southern Kentucky 50 years ago.
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